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PASTORAL LETTER

OF THE

BISHOP^ LONDON,

Promulgating the JuUtee in the Diocese ofLdndon.
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John Walsh, by the Grilce of God and the appomtment of

the Holy See, Bishop of London.
To the Clergy, Meligiom Communities and the Laity of the

Diocese, health and benedietion in the Lord.
Dearly Beloved Bbetbben, •

We by these Presents publish in our Diocese a certified
translation of the •* Apostolic Letters" of our Most H[oly
Father Leo XIII., by which An extraordinary Jubilee is pro-
claimed to the Catholic world. We direct that the Apostolic
Letters thus translated shall, as far as possible, be read to
the faithful of each mission in the Diocese on the first Sunday
after their reception. The motives which have induced the
Vicar of Christ to proclaim this extraordinary Jubilee are
Mdly set forth in. his "Letters," and are such as should
stimulate the faithful to avail themselves, with holy alacrity
and zeal, of the great spiritual treasures thus placed within
their reach, and should urge them to pray with fervor and con-
stancy "that God in His infinite mercy would come to the
aid of His struggling Church, and would grant to he/
strength to fight and power to triumph."- Th$ times are
dark and menacing ; false and wicked principles are m the
ascendant ; society is out H joint ; the thrones that
are still erect are tottering to their fall ; the apos-
tles of a degrading and unchristian philosophy are ii

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«i.iou. teachings; men .retaming t*-;'' ^';;»;^^;2t '
4;o^« Phnreh and on the broken rays of truth that are yei r«
Sla Wth.A.itereO mihor of Protestant ChmUm^.
!^„e «nt»ring out on the se» of life without chwt or com-
TlZ Sng .tor, to be tossed to Mid fro and carried about
SZw^roffal^dootrine, and to be; finally '.fecked as
to ih«ir eternal l«^« and happiness.- v - . _

Never perhaps,' since the first promulgation of the Gospel
^mZS of the world more dominant ambngst manlund
rnS^esent. Society U bounded to the cfre. Gre^mo«

!^of^e earth earthly, and directly antagimstic to the
sDirit of Christ and the teachings of the Gospel,

'•"s^'have been taken from under ^^^^-h^^^
<n^dianship of reli^on, and have been f^pped of the»
StStaracter. The godless education impa^a^th«r^m
i. f».t dechristianizing modem society. It ^s tme this system
rf t^e^Sln aL at the cultivaUo,'of the intellect and
Lesion of knowledge, but it leaves the^heart a moral
w^em^Tovergrown with rank poisono,i weed, and no^ous
ri»r Under the baneful influence of this michnstia* edu-,
Schfldren are growing up without piety, without respect
fo^nar^Hrithout veneration for old /age, without obedience
to cW^° r eo^Lsiastical authority. Tbey^are fast xeahsmg
to^th of the description given l,y St. ^^^JI^<-^ ^
in his day banished God from education :-V And as they
L^ot to have God in their knowledge. God delivered
ttl up to a reprobate sedse to do those ^ thmgs
■ S. «e not convenient, proud, haughty inventors o
y ih ^s, di s ob e dient to parente, dissolute, without

evU things, ai80U B UiP"> "■' r— — » . ^.

affection. Without fideUty, without mercy." (Rom. i. 28.)

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Another dreadful evil of the time ifl the doctrine iwd practice
of divorce. This evil aims a death blow at the very life of
civil and religious society. The family is the germ of all
other societies, the base of the social fabric, the well-spring
from which civil and religious societies take their rise, the? ^
ooraer stone of church and State. For what is the state but ?
the re-union of a certain number of families under the
authority of a common chief, for the protection of life and
liberty, and for the pursuit of happiness ? And what is the
Church but the re-union of christian families under the gnid-:
ance and authority of a common fat*uer,for the protection and
developm^ntoftheirspirituallife? Hence,whattherootistothe
tree, what the fountain is to the river that flows from it, what
the foundation is to the edifice that springs up from,it in shape
and be^y, t/K»t the family is ta the State and to the Church.
From it to^ormer receives its citizens,the la||nr its children.
It follows thSe^re that whatever affects the i^rvation and
well-being of th6 family, affects also the conJbrvation and
weU-being of sooiety^t large. Whatever affects its honour, it».
purity, its sanctity, affects also the honour, purity and welfare
of the human race and touches the very apple of its eye.
Now as society rests on the family, even so the family restft
upon marriage and derives fifom it the origin of its life, its
continuance,andit8 chjiracter. It is therefore >^v^dent that
the doctrine and the practice of divorce, inasmuch as they
dissolve the unity and indissolubility of marriage, divest it of
its Christian character, and rdb it of its honour^ts purity, and
sanctities, destroy the family lifer w«»* the well-spring*
of society, and sap the very foundations of ttie civil as i«ell as
of the religious order. The records of the divorce courts in
Europe and America show the fearful, widespread prevalence
of this moral plague, which is ravaging society and filling the
world with the stench of its corruptions.

Such, dearest brethren, is an imperfect picture of the moral
condition of the world of to-day. We may ask with the
prophet " Qm medeUtur <^w?" What bon e ficeBt power c a n

Ileal a world so deeply wounded, bo deHpemtely diBoaBod? Wo -
answer:— The Caiholio Church and she alone, by virtu« of the
divine power that is in her. can heal the diseases of the moral
world, and bind up its wounds. She is the liRht of the world
and the salt of >he earth. Her doctrines are the teachings of
the truths which Jesus Christ has revealed for th6 life of the
world, her sacraments are the channels through which in life-
giving streams the graces and merits of Christ are poured
•abroad for the salvation and sanctification of mankind. She
redeemed the world from the errors and corruptions of
Paganism and she has still the same inherent divine power to
effect moral reformations. She corrverted the Roman Empire to
Christianity, and when that Empire fell to pieces beneath the
blows of the Northern barbarians, she went abroad amid the
ruins, armed with a creative power ; she breathed the breath
of life into the chaotic mass that lay before her, and up sprang her
own beautiful creation known in history as Christendom.
There are no moral evils for which she has not a divine
remedy; there are no afflictions for which she has not a heal-
ing balm; there are no profound sorrows of the human heart
for which she has nol^ Christ-hfee consolations; there are no
dark problems of life for which she has not the solution,
no doubts and questionings of the human soul for which
she has not the most satisfying answers. The wonders
which, by the power of Christ who is her indwelling
and abiding life, she wrought in the past, in the conversion
and sanctification of mankind, she can still repeat if she be
allowed the freedom to fulfill her divine mission. But the
church of God is not free to do so in many countries which
need most sorely the skill and medicine of the heavenly

pl^siciah. ! ;

She is thwarted and ojpposed in her diirine mission. In
many countries which she redeemed from barbarism and
paganism, and which had once shone resplei^dent with the re-
flected light of hertruthsandthe beauty of her holiness, she
is now Vound and imprispned or driven into exile. She Ib

fftricken in her hoad and mcinl)or». The Vicar of ChriBt is
dethroned and discrowned. He i» practically a priHonor and
at the mercy of his enemies. He exitrciHen the functions of
his auguHt office only by the tolernticm of a hostile and usurp-
in^ power ; and the Father of the Faithful, to avenge whose
wroi)<{H a million swords flaHhing the light of battle would,
in other days, hnve leapt from their scabbards, is robbed of his
liberty and rights^ and is made dep<!ndcnt on the contributions
of the faithful for thesupport of his dignity and for the moans of
enabling him to exorcise his divine ministry. Kings and govern*
ments co-operated with, Cft regarded with shameful indiiTer-
ence, the monstrous and sacrilegious crime by which the Vicar
of Christ was reduced to this siul and deplorable condition ; but
in co-operating with, or in conniving at this crime, they have,
Sampson-like, in tlKoir blind folly, torn down in whelming
ruins the pillars that supported tlie temple of their authority
and power. In the dethronement of the Vicar of Christ the
majesty of King|[^||^to security x>f thrones, the authority
of governments, nil stalrility'" ol States, and the safety of
society have been in princii)le dethroned and overtlurowii^
and that principle is now, alas, in fatal and active operation
in the worjd, and kings and rulers may well turn pale at tbe
decrees of destruction which it is writing with the hand of fate
on their palatial walls. But not only is the Church stricken
in her head ; she is also stricken in her members. In several
countries of Europe tbe religious orders — ^the body guards of
the Churcb— -bave been suppressed, and their mombers dis-
persed and driven Into exile ; tbeir colleges and schools hp,ve
been closed; their charitable institutions have had their
doors sealed against the indigent and /sufiTering ; th^Bir blessed
ministrations amongst the poor, the ijgnorant and the afflicted
have been compelled to cease, "and tl^ waysbf Sion mourn, her
gates are broken down, her priesti^ sigh, her virgins are' in
affliction, and she is oppressed with bitterness." Lamen. i. 4-6.
Such, dearest brethren, are pome - of the evils which

afflict the modem world, and/
s uppression of which the Holi

for the diminution and
Father throws open the

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trcaBuroB of Uh> Church ttn«l proohiiniB li HoUmin Juhihic.
Let UB all ont«r into tht. Hi)irit (>f thiB Krcat occamon ; l«t
us fervently approach the HacraiiuntH ; lot ub faBt an,
' pray and give aluiB, in order that we, hein« reconciled

to Goil-our prayers and Biii)plicationB aBcending like incenBo
. from pure hearts to the throne of grace-' ' may, ohtain for ub
mercy and grace in seaBonahle aid;" "and niay. m the
lanauaae of the Holy Father, "ohtain from fllod for IIib
Btru«Kling Church the .strength to light' and the power to

^Tho^ 'iubUeo will continue in force until the end of the

^^L^Tho following are the conditions that must bo fulftllod
/« in order to gain the indulgence of the Jubilee :—

Ist. Confession. '

2nd. Communion.

8rd. One day's strict fast to he observed on some day when
otherwise a Htrict fast is not of obligation. A strict fast ex-
cludes not only the use of meat, but also of eggs, butter,

oheese, &c. ^ ,

'4th Alms given for sortio pious purpose^. Iho noiy
• Father recommends three objects of Charity, viz: The As-
sociation for the Propagation of the Faith, the Institute of the
Holy Ohildbood, and the society for promoting the schools of
the East The faithful should be told to deposit their alms

t in boies provided for their reception in the Churches. In this

connection we would strongly recommend, for at least a
portion of the alms, an object which would be in thorough ac-

'• cord with the spirit of the Holy Father's reeommendation-^

iSe building of a small church at Leamington, m the 'South of

i "the County of Essex. This place is the most spiritually desti-

-f tute portion of our diocese, and has been for years a, source

'^ of the greatest anxieties to us. There are about two bundred

-■CatholicBBcatteredamongstUiedorainantlProtestaiitpopulation

> in that district, and they are in imminent danger of losing the^

t precious gift of faiUi. They have no church, and, bemg very

poor, arc not able to build ono. The priest who is charged
with their spiritual care rcsidrs about thirty miles from the
greater number of them, and ho cannot ppssibly minintcr
eflicicntly to them, for want of a church in which they might
aRHemble. It would be at leapt as great a charity to come
to the spiritual aid of those poor Catholics as it ^uld
be to help to bring the light of the Gospel to the heathen; for
the first care and dearest wish of Our Holy Mother the
Church is to protect the faith, and to save the souls of the
children of her womb. They have the first and strongest
claims on her maternal solicitude. If desired, we would
send half of the alms to the Ifoly Father for the schools of
the East, and we would devote th(* other half to the construc-
tion of a modest frame church in Leamington, where we have
' already secured a suitable site for the puq)OBe. We request
of the reverend clergy to send the alms of the Jubilee to Bev.
M. Tieman, of London, with the expression of their desire as
to the object for Which the alms should be applied; and
their wishes shall be carefully carried out ib the matter.

6th. Visits, to be made to churches. In the city of Londok
the faithful will visit three times the Cathedral, and three
times also St. Mary's Church. Outside of this city the faith-
ful should visit six times the church in their respective mis-
sions. Members of religious communities and their pupils
who axe boarders shall visit six times the convent chapel.

6th. Prayers to be said daring these visits according to the
intentions of His Holiness, for the following objects :— -^

(a.) For the prosperity and exaltation of the Catholic
Church and for the Holy See.

(&.) For the extirpation of heresies and the conver$ion of all
who are in error. -

(r.) For concord amongst Christian princes, and for peace

' and union amongst all the faithful. At esich visit the beads

or the Litany of Loretto may be recited, or the way of the

Cross performed for the ftforesaid intentions.

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ConfesBOre may, in case of necessity, prolong the time lOr
gaining the Jubilee, and may commute the prescribed works
for other pious exercises, in case of those who, by reason of
their religious state or physicial condition, are unable to per-
'■' form any, or .all, gf the required works. In case of children
who have not ag yet made thei]^ first communion, aiid who
are not prepared to 4© so, power is giyen to dispeiue in this

condition. / .

The usuil permission is given to penitents, lay and clerical^
secular and regular, to select any approved priest as confessor
for the Jtibilee confession.

In caa^ of nuns, the confessor selected^ must T)e one who is
approved for hearing the confessions of nuiis.

As ^eiy Catholic has the right to make his Jubilee con- . _
fessioii to any approved priest of his diocese, it becomes the
duty of the clergy to secure to the people the practical exercise
of this right, by inviting some of the neighboring priests
to help in hearing the Jubilee confessions. It is strongly
recommended to the clergy to hold religious eifercises
on f the occasion of the Jubilee in their respective
churches, so as to prepare their flocks effectually for
the worthy leception of the sacraments. These re-,
ligious exercises should last for several days, and
might consist of Mass at a suitable hour m the mommg,
and in th^ evening of the recitation of the Rosary, an apro-
priate mstruction, and Benedictipa of the Holy Sacrament,
which is authorized to be given on those occasions.

In conclusion, we request of the clergy to hold daily de-
votions in honour of the Holy-Mother of God in the principal
church in each mission during this month of May specially
consecrated to her honour and invocation.

Let old and young join in these salutary devotions so dear
to the Catholic heart and so interlined with the most sacred
and purest memories. *' This;i& indeed the Blessed Mary's
land," for it was dedicated toWby the Catholic founders of
the country, and her holy name was by them given to towns,

lakeB, islands, and th« mightiest river on this continent." We of
this diocese ought to be specially devout to her, as she is our
first diocesan patron. Devotion to her will enrich our souls
with many spiritual iavors and blessings, and will obtain for
us the grace to praciise the virtues of which she^ after our '
Blessed Lord, is the most perfect model.

This Pastoral and th&iiccompanying " Apostolic Letters '*
shall be read ii^ all w churches of the Diocese^ and in
chapter in the ^religious communities, on the first Sunday
after their reception. /

Given at St. I'eter's Palace, London, on this the third day of
May, Feast of the Finding of the Holy Crossy A. D., 1881.

/ Bishop of IjotidcHti. -:

fey order of His Lordship/ V ; V

7iLLiAM O'Mahony, Secretary./

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APOSTOLIC LETTERS

Op Own Most How Lord Lbo xin., Br Ditins Pbovidbnck Pop»>

By WHICB kV EXTHAOBDINART JOBILBB 18 FBOCLAIMfeD.

S(Jl mr Venerahle Brethren, 0u Patriarchi, PritnaUt, Auhbuhof$ arid BuAojM
tn peace and Isommunton with the AfodoUe See, and to all our beloved Som *
ihe Faithful qf Chrid, HeaUh arid the AfoitolMBenedktion. ^^^

LEO PP. XIII.

VbNBRABLB BbETHRBN AND BBI.OVED SOSB, ■' ^ ; .

■^' The Chtirch Militant at Jesus ChriBt, which Ib aWe in the greatest . f

measure to affdrd salvation and safety to the huinan race, is so heavily
tried in these calamitous times that she daily has to endnre fresh tempests,
and is truly to he compared to that Uttle bark of Gtonesarethivrhiohtwhile itoar-,
, ried Our Lord Jesus Christ and his disoipleSt was tossed with violent stormi ' ;_: /
and waves. In very truth they who wage enmities against the Oathc4io
name. ai» now increasing beyond bounds in number, strength, and the
audacity of their designs ; nor are they content witii openly throwing aside *
heavenly doctripes, -but they strive with, the greatest fortie and hostiUty ,
either to banish the Church altogether from the civil society of men,, or at
least to compel her to effect nothing in tEe public life ioi nations. Whence it
comes to pass that, in the discharge of her office, which die lias divinely
received from her Author, the Ohorch finds herself embarrassed and hind>
ered on all sides by difficulties. ' ?

The most bitter fruits of this wicked conspiracy affect especially the Bo»
man Pontiff, to whom, indeed, deprived of his legitimate right9%bnd in varioua
'Vays hindered in the exercise ^f his exalted ministry, a certain form ot
royal majesty, as if in mockery, is left. Whetefore We, placed as We are by
the design of Divine Providence in this supreme height of sacred pOwcr,
and burdened with the care of the universal Chnroh, havd 1>oth for a long
time and often thought and said how severe and calamitous is this state ot
things to which the vicissitudes of the times have reduced Us. We are un-v
willing to recall every circumstance; but the things which now for many
years are being done in this Our city are manifest to all men. — ^For here, in
the very centre of Catholic truth, the sanctity of religion is mocked at, ^
and the dignity of the Apostolic See is wounded, and the Pontifical majesty
Is exposed to the frequent insults of profligate men. — Many institniaons, _^
which Our predecessors had piously &nd liberally established, and had trans-
mitted to their successors to be inviolably preserved, have been violently
withdravm from Our authority ; nor have they refrained from violating the '

rights of the sacred Institute for propagating the Ghristiaii name, which,
deserving yUeVL as it does, not only of religion, but also of the civilisation Of
nations, no a^aok offonner times had ever violated. Not a few temples of v.
the Catholic reUgion have been closed or profaned, while those of heretical
worship have been multiplied; depraved doctrines iare spread abroad with , - , -
impunity both by writing and preaching.— Those who have attained to

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wpreme power f«,qoeBtly take prin. to en^t law. injnroaB to the Clmrcft
and the Catholio name ; and thia before Oar very eye., whone whole care, by
the command of God Himflelf, it iB to watch that OhriBtian interests be sc-
eure and the rights of the Church. iavibUte.-Bat, without any respect for
that authority of teaching inherent ia the Romau Pontiflf, they exclude Our
authority from the very education of youth; and if We have the pMjmssion,,
which is refused to no private individual, to operv schools for the educatj^on
of youth at Our own expense, the force and severity oithe oivil laws^invades
even those sohbol8.-We are the more deeply moved by the mourn ul spec-^
tacle Of these things, inasmuch as the power of remedying them, which We
ardently desire, is denied to Us. For We art more truly in the power of
Our enemies thauOur owa; and that everyexerci^ of liberiiy whichis granted
TJs, since it can be taken- away or diminished at tl» wiU of another, has no-
foundation of stability and constancy; * ^ .

l* * In. the meanwhile it is manifest by the dailjr experience ot tilings that

theoontagion of eviboreeps more and more through the rest of the body ot
the Christian. State, and is propagated among more persons. For the
natioift estrangedfrom the Church are daily falling into greater misenes ;:
and where the Cfttholio faith, has once been, extinguished or weakened, the
road is nigh to madness of opiuioBS-and desire for novelties. But as soon as
the supreme and august authority of him who is God's Vicar on earth is
despised, it is clear that human authority has no checks left sufficient to
restrain the untamed spirits of the rebeUious, or to control in the multitude
the ardour of unlicensed Uberiiyi And for thew reasons humane society^,
although it has sustained such great calamities, i8>i»everthele88 terrified by the

suspicion.of greater dangers..
rl^v In order, therefore, that the Church may repel the attempts of her

enemies and may accompUsh her mission, for the adyantage o£ aU, it is neces-
sary for her to labour and contend stiU more. But in. this vehement and
varied comJ)at, in which even the gloryof God is at stake, and tihe battle is
for the eternal salvation oi souls, all the strength and industry of men
would be vain, unless heavenly succour fitting to the.times wa* at hand.
Wherefore, in oin5umstance&. wWch are dangerous and grievious to tlie
Christian name, this has been, our habitual refuge in.labour» aiid anxieties^
to ask of God by earnest, pmyers that He would come to the aid of His
8truggUngChurdb,and^wmldgrafttto her strength to fight and power to-

triumph. We, therefore, Mkovr this excelleat custom and discipline of Our
forefathers, and knowing weU that God is the more ready to hear prayer in

proporiion as there is in mena greater depth otpenitence and the wiU of be^
coming reconcUed to Him, for these motives and in order to obtain heavenly

protection, and to help souls, by these Qur Letters pubUsh to the whole

CathoUc world an extraordinary jubilee. v i.

Therefore, confiding in the mercy of Ahnighty God, and by the

^ authority of the blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, in virtue of that power of

Mnding and loosing, which Our Lord; has conferred, on Us, aMhough unr

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"woMiy, We grant unto all and singular of both aezes of the faitlifal o)
'Chrint a plenary indulgence of all their Bin*, in the Jotfin of a generid Jabile«,
provided that they fulfil thd 'following conditiona-^thom who . are
dwelling in Europe— beginning from the nineteenth day of , the prenent'
• mopth of March, (oonsecratod to th6 oommemoration of St. Joseph, spouse
-of the BleRsed Virgin Mary) up to the first day of November (the solemn
commemoration of iVll Saints) inclusively ; .and as to those who are out of
EurDpe,fromthe tenae ninetee^ndh day of this month of March up to the last .
day of the year iS^t inclusively, namely :—

All iohabltants of or strapgers in Rome ^hall visft twice the Luterati
Basilica, and also 'the Vatican and Liberian BasUioas, and there for a certaita
space of time shall offer pilous pn^era to God, according to^ Our. inientiofi,
?6r the extirpation of heresies and the conversion of all in error, for the con>,
cord« of Christian princes and the peace and unity o{ ^ faithfnl people •
"moreover, they shall Taai, awing only fasting diet, oh one day over and above
the days not comprehended in the Lenten indult, or otihenh consecrated by a '
precept of the Ohuroh to a similar fast of strict law ; imd, in addition, having
duly confessed their sins, shall receive the most holy Sacrament of the
Eucharist, and shall bestow, in the way pi almst something on eomepioQa
work. And in order to do this We cidl attention by name to the following
institutions, whose support We have not long since commended by letters U>
the charity of Christians, to wit, the Propagation of the Faith, the Baored
infancy of Jesus Christ, and the Schools cii^e East; trhioh, indeed, it is Our
taostearnept wish and desire to establish wad promote even in far remote
and savage regions, that they may suffice to their needs. But all other
persons ' dwelling without the City and elsewhere shall visit, twice, three
churches to be designated by the Ordinaries of the places' or their Vicars o^
xifflciala, or in virtue of a mandate from them, and, in the J^bsence of these,
hy those who exercise the cure of souls, or, if there are only two churches,
three timesi or, if bnly one, six tiUies, at a given interval of time; atad shall
fulfil the other duties which are mentioned above. We will also that this
indulgence may be applied, by way of suffrage, to souls which have depsiTted
this life united to God in charity. Moreover, We gnmt to the^Ordinaries
of places that they may, in accprdance with their own prudent opinion, re-
duce the number of the sai^ visits for Chapters and Congregations, as well of
seculars as of regulars, for sodalities, cp&frotemities, univernties, or colleges,
making their visits to the aforementioned churches prooessionally.

Moreover, We gruit to sailors and those on a voyage that, as soon as
they shall arrive at their homes or Sit some station, on visiting six Gmes the
principal^ or parish church and duly fulfilling the other duties prescribed
above, they shall obtain the same Indulgence. To regulars, moreover, of
either sex, even living in perpetual indosure, and to all other persons, as
weU/'lay as ecclesiastics, secular or regular, who by reason of bdi^; detained
in^rison, infirmity of body, or any other just cause, are hindered from fol.
Ung the aforesaid duties or some of them, We grant and fwrmit that a con*

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Jor them«,lve^ to this -^^':^^'^lJ^^f^'T^^>>i^y^ynnn.,

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novioes, and other ^men nv ug p»„fesgor« mofeover, on this ocoainon

■hip. Moreover, we oonnaewi ^ the most chaste Hpouae of the

Mnctuarie8rftheii«ntB,w^ venerable; pre-eminent

with peculi«r diwotion, to ^•^"^y the Vinrin Mary at Loretto,
Muong these in Italy » the sacted House ol the ^»'8^^^
Sthe-UK>«y olthemost subhWn^^

Wherefore, by virtoe of holy «^^J;°^" ^officials, or. if
^dsiligqlarthe Ordinaries of P^;;;^*^^^^^!^^^- -ithey
*hey be absent, tho^whc^^^
•haU have r6oeiv«4 traownpts or even P"™2^P ^^^ ^^ to be

Uvered to every pli-«.^.y "T^ JJ^ J,^ ^^^^l^rs^^^^
«hat to tr««»ripl. or en,- pn«lea •ofj.i^l tb^^

bribed Vy «heh«.a of some Bot«ry P-bh^ tL^^ «edit shall fc^h^

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with be given as wotdd be given to these very Presents 11 tney w

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APPIiNDlX,

Confe»oT. are granted the B«me facultie. (.nd with the -me r^^^^
u were Kiven by the present Pontiff during the JuWlee publidied by him

in 1879. , .

It may be useful to reprint these faculties here:— -^

"lusuper omnibus, et singulis Christi Melibm. tarn Wei. q^
eccleriastfcis Saecularibus. et Reguhmbu. c^jUSTUi Ordinhj, et Institutl
etiam soecialiter nominandi, licentiam concedimus. et facultatem. ut sibi
«d hunc effeetum eligere possint quemcumque Presbyterum Con-
fesSMium tam secularem quam regularem ex wtu approbate (qua
focultate uti possint etiam Moniale^ Novitiae, aliaeque muUere. intra
dauatradegentes,dummo<ioconfe8sarius approbate sit pro monialibus)
qui eosdem vel easdem intra dictum temporis spatium, ad confessionem
Ipud ipsum peragendam accedente* toimo praeaens Jubilaemu
consequtndi, et reliqua opera ad illud lucrandum necessana adimplendi,
hackee et in foro consdentiae dumtaxat ab excommunicationw, juspeu.
sioois. et aUis Ecclesiasticis sententiis, et censuris a jure, vel ab homine
quavi. in causa latis,seu inflictis, etiam OrdinarUs locorum et Nobis *ett
Sedi ApostoUcAe, etUm in casibus cuicumque ac Summo Pontiftci et Sedi
ApostoUcae. iJ'^iaK Koet tmK«a rese^vatis, et qui alias in concesdone
quantumvis ampla non inteUigerentur conceasi, nee non ab orn^bus
peccatis et excessibus quantttmcumque gravibus et enormibus, etiam usdem
Ordinariis ac Nobis et Sedi ApostoUcae, ut praefertur reeervatis, uyuncta
ipsis poenitentia salutari aliisque de jure injungendia, et, si de haeresi
^Sttur, idjuratls prius et retractotis erroribus, prout de jure.
Ssokire ; nee non vota quaecumque etiam jurata et Sedi ApostoUcae
resfimta (castitatis, wligionis, et obligationis, quae a tertlo accepUto
fuerint,seuinquibusagaturdepraejudidotertu semper exceptis, nee non
poenalibus, quae.praeservativa a peccato nuncupantur, nisi, commutatip
futura judicetur ejusmodi, ut non minus a peccato committendo refre-
net, quato prior voti materia) in aUa pU et^ Wutana opera
commutare, et cum poenitcntibus hujusmodi in sacris ordimbus constitutis,
etiam regularibus super occulta irregularitate ad exercitium eorundum
ordinum, et ad superiorum assecutionem, ob ceusurarum violaUonem
duntaxatcontracta,di8pen8arepo88itet valeat. : , .

Nonintendimua autem per piaesentes supet aUa quavis irregulantate
sive ex delicto, sive ex defectu,' vel pubUca, vel occulta, aut nota. ahave
incapacitate, autinhabilitate quoquomodocontractadispensare, vel ahquam
facttltatem tribuere super praemissis dispensandi, seu habiiitandi et in
pristinum statum reatituendi etiam in foro conscientiae; neque etiam
derogare Constitutioni cum appositia dedarationibufl editae a feL re.
Benedicto XIV., Praedecessore Nostro, quae incipit Socnmentwi*
PoenUmiiaef neque demum easdem praesentea, iia, qui a Nobia, et Apoa-
toUcaSede,velaUquo PraeUto^ seu judice Ecclesii5|ico nominatim ex-
communicati, auspensi, interdicti, aeu ftliaa in aententiaa et cenauras
incidisse dedarati, vel publice denuntiati fuerint, nisi intra ptaedictum

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iojuinite obligatioiie aatwfaciendi Btatim ac poterunt."

Several practical decisions were given by the Sacred Penitentiary on
the 26th February, 1879, regarding the worJts prescribed for the Jubilee
of that year, which, together with decisions regarding the Jubilee of
1874.6 by the same tribunal, will prove a usefnJ' guide in deternunni«
similar questions regarding the present Jubilee..

1. With, regard to the Confeesion and Communion it was de-
cided that one Confession • nd Conanunion would noi suffice to.^^
fulfil the Paschal precept, and to gain the Jubilee. But orie Confession,
with «w Communions will suffice for both purpbaes, in case of those who
have already oompUed with the precept of annual confession, or who
purpose to do so withlu the year. « j /

Those who neglect to receive Cbromunibn within the time allowed for
the fulfilment of the Paschal precept, cannot afterwards satisfy the Pan-
chal precept and gain the Jubilee, by one Communion.

2. With regard to the fast required, it may be madb within the Lenten,
time, but it must be a stnct fhst which excludies meat, eggs, and.
lactldnia, audit cannot be made on Good Friday, nor on Wednesday in
Holy Week, where lactidnia are prohibited on that day. .,

3. Begaiding the wiiU, they must be six in number, that is, two vwiU
to each of three churchee (or chapels, or public oratories, provided Massw
usually celebrated in them>/or if there be not tVjee churches, Ac, then
three visits to each of two churches, or, finally, sU visits to one church,
chapel, or oratory. The churches, ftc., in eacR. case, must be detennined
by the Bishop of the diocese, oi; by his Vicar, or, in their absence by the
Ecclesiastic who may have pastoMOxharge ol the diocese, or district, for
the time being. These visits majBl made on the same ot on diffetent
days. But in making the different vS»itB it is necessary to leave the
church after each visit, before making another. .

4 The JubUfie of 1879 could be gained as far as the indulgence was
concerned, as often as the prescribed works wer« repeated, but the special,
faculties given fur absolution from cenaures, reserved cases^ commutations,,
and dispensations, could be used Qnly on the first occasion. The same
ftppears to be the wish of His Holing in granting the present Jubilee.

6. Special faciUties^ttegiven to thiTse who, while the JubUeelasts, may
be journeying by sea or land. They^ may postpone gaining the Jubilee
till their return home, or they may by visiting the parochiri or principal
ehurch six times in any town, or other resting place, at which they
— Mri v e, and performing th e 9t he r pre te ribed worke, gftin the indulgence oL
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